Kings fans love Isaiah Thomas and with good reason. We can all relate to the undersized guy picked dead last (60th) in the draft who has sliced his way to an impressive NBA season — 20.2 points and 6.3 assists a night, with a true shooting percentage of 56.8. He’s great at taking angles off the pick-and-roll, finishes very well inside despite being 5’9”, and he is shooting 36.7 percent from three.

So the Kings are trying to sell high.

One of the more aggressive deadline teams this year, the Kings are making Thomas available in trades, reports Marc Stein of ESPN — but don’t

Most intriguing Sacramento-based deadline story is increasingly loud buzz out there that Isaiah Thomas is available in midst of career year

Thomas is never going to be a plus defender because of his size; he’s a liability there. However, he is a guy who when put in a system that plays to his strengths (pick-and-roll) can put up good numbers. Credit coach Mike Malone for doing just that.

On a better team Thomas makes a great sixth man (sort of like how Houston uses Jeremy Lin). But with a few teams out there starved for point guards the Kings are clearly looking to see if someone really values Thomas and will give up something of quality to get him.

Lakers need a real point Gaurd not some used washed. Up player like steve nash lakers need a pg that is fast and cant put up points and face it they need to rebuild now why not start with Thomas plus there is nother PG out there that would fit with the LAKERS

This guy isn’t done developing, the Kings will regret trading him if they find a partner when he is averaging 22 and 8 a couple years from now. If they are looking to unload him I hope the Lakers make a play for him but I don’t really see any pieces of comperable value on LA. IMO the Kings need to learn how to develop and hold on to talented players, first they take Tyreke out of his natural position and then they trade him for fifty cents on the dollar. If they want any chance of attracting free agents and keeping players on contract ending years (Rudy Gay especially) they need to hold on to thier talented players.

I feel like the Knicks will make a move for him after they get rebuffed by Atlanta, Toronto, Houston and everyone else. Not that I think it’s a good move for them, because of course it’s not a good move for them.

A 6”7, 260 lb. defensive cyborg once known to the world as Ron Artest.

00maltliquor - Feb 19, 2014 at 1:50 AM

F man, with this kind of stupid mentality how are ANY teams ever planning on really coming up in the world?? You can’t keep re-building. You can only keep picking up young players and picks for so long. Eventually you are going to have to keep the good players you have right now and grow with them and let the chemistry brew for a few years to even see something good happen. No wonder only a handful of teams won the Championship the last 20-30 effing years!

The Kings are always like the blind leading the blind out there in SAC-Town. I thought with new ownership, a new coach etc, this team would finally start making moves that make sense. Selling high on Isiah makes some sense, but he’s not what’s wrong with this team. He can score and operate well within Malone’s system, and for a team lacking offense some nights, he’s been great. The front office should have taken two steps back here. Why would you trade for Rudy Gay? He’s a volume shooter who can’t do much else for you, and you yet now you’re stuck with him. DeMarcus has a great offensive game, but still hasn’t figured out how to cover the pick and roll, and struggles with a ton of other defensive concepts.
So maybe their thought process is trading Isaiah for a more complete point guard (which Rondo isn’t) will help the team defensively and salary cap wise. The problem is you’re stuck with two players who aren’t championship caliber, along with an underwhelming rookie guard.
Eventually, they gotta just blow it up out there. You can get a lot for Cousins. And they should be trading him.

My Pacers need a real PG. In the playoffs they had to have George feeding the post because Hill is terrible at it. They never should have traded for a combo guard…not to mention overpaying him. The Pacers are a PG away from really having a title team. If you can’t get the ball to you players in a position to be successful you can’t win a title. So trade for Thomas…. trade for Rondo…. trade for someone that can actually handle the ball in the playoffs…. Hill has proven he is suspect.